Thanks to the
Tunkhannock Borough for agreeing to host Joe Snedeker in his
annual Go Joe event benefiting St. Joseph's Center in
Scranton. A collaborative group of volunteers, representing
the Tunkhannock Business and Professional Association,
Wyoming County Chamber of Commerce, and Endless Mountains
Visitors Bureau and many others helped to bring together
approximately 500 people at a mini-festival in Riverside
Park to greet Joe Snedeker during his Tunkhannock visit.
Special recognition goes to:
Amy and Becca from Peoples National
Bank and Rich (organizers)
Donna from Century 21--Sherlock
Homes (overnight sponsor)
The Prince Hotel (Meals and
hospitality)
Beagle Pub and Restaurant ( Hosting Breakfast)
Anonymous (Advertising)
Kristina (arranging the music and
the stage)
Morgan's Run, the Drumming Circle,
and Brandon & Randi (performances)
Ken from LB Printery and Glen from
Graphic Details (signage)
Kevin and crew from Bulldogge
Disposal (post event clean up)
Carl from Tunkhannock.com (event
set-up)
Dawn and crew from the Borough
(parking, electricity, picnic tables, and trash barrels)
Reeves (Porta-Potty)
Norm from the Borough (GO Joe
Proclamation)
Borough Police (escort service for
Joe)
The
following businesses participated with booths and donated
all their proceeds to St. Joseph Center.
Jeff and crew from B & R
Distributing (soda and water)
Sandra and crew from Lane
Chiropractic (lemonade and iced tea stand)
Harold and Debbie from Community
Bank & Trust (cracker jacks and check)
Karen Fuller and crew from Liberty
Bank & Trust (bake sale and check)
Lindsay and Katrina from
Tunkhannock.com (face painting)
Lou Ann and crew from P & G Federal
Credit Union (hotdogs and check)
Pat and crew from Endless Realty
(popcorn)
Karen and crew from Bluhm Insurance
(cotton candy)
Mark and crew from Select Sire
(bottle game and check)
Ron, Kim and crew from Wyoming
County Players and Whipple Performing Arts
(performances and medieval madness games)
Gary from Wood Wizard PA (wood
carving demonstration)
Jean and crew from Endless Mountains
Visitors Bureau (wooden raffle)
Esther and crew from Wyoming County
Cultural Center/The Dietrich (gift basket raffle)
Tegan and crew from Milnes Companies
(raffles for all ages)
Amy, Becca and crew from Peoples
National Bank (sno cones and check)
Dave and crew from Classic
Properties (gas card raffle and check)
Barb and members from TASD Art Club
("Ladies Night Out"--manicure, massage, henna tattoos, and
more)
Members of the AKtion Club (check)
Larry and crew from Taylor Rental
(Bounce House and Dunk Tank)
Bob and crew from Wyoming County
Press and Nikki from GEM 107.7 (publicity)
Beth and Ann Marie (dunk tank
volunteers)
The event resulted in positive
publicity for Tunkhannock and our Community as well
as raising over ten thousand of dollars ($10,000.00+) for
St. Joseph's Center.
Thank you to everyone who participated.
(For more information about the work
St. Joseph Center does, visit
www.stjosephscenter.org |